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Michael G. Johnson and the art of letting go of the wheel
A salvage engineer helped plan the recovery of the Costa Concordia, then founded Sea Machines Robotics. His next project asks how much of a vessel’s daily work can move from a person’s hands to a machine.
Michael G. Johnson
Michael G. Johnson is the founder, president and CTO of Sea Machines Robotics, a Boston company building autonomous control and perception systems for commercial ships and workboats. A Texas A&M marine engineer who spent two decades in offshore oil, heavy-lift ocean transport and salvage at Crowley and TITAN Salvage, Johnson started Sea Machines in 2015 after seeing how avoidable human error was on an Arctic oil-spill response job. In November 2024 he handed the CEO seat to David 'Chip' Wasson and moved into a technology and product role focused on defense and international expansion.